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李小含

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It is undoubtedly to be a forceful supportfrom government to education that offering free charge to all college anduniversity students. In my point of view, however, the financial support toeducation should not be simple like what the speaker suggests. Even if therecommendation benefits education a lot, disadvantages are required to be takeninto consideration.

George Bush once pointed out that thefederal role in education is to serve children and make sure Federal dollarsare well spent. Free charge of college and university students can largelyreduce the number of dropouts, since students are most likely to drop out forbad financial situation. Furthermore, there are several countries already offerfree or partly free charge for higher education. In Sweden, all higher educationshould be free of charge to students. This means no tuition fee may be chargedfor a course component.

Nonetheless, the free charge may face up tofinancial difficulty and declination in education quality. First of all, therecommendation is not always feasible. Even if finance is in a good state,   countrywith large quantity of students pursuing higher education, such as china, canhardly assure that the free charge will make no influence on the development ofother fields.

Secondly, the free charge forces universitiesand colleges rely mostly on government in finance. It is possible that the someschools have to cater to the idea of government in order to get more financial aid.University and colleges used to be the place filled with liberal and democraticspiritual, which should not be restricted by substantial commands.

Thirdly, even if the government offers aidto each school equally without setting restricts, disadvantages still cannot beremoved. In the time that students should be responsible for their study fees,in order to attract more outstanding students and more commercial aids foracademic study, competition among universities are fierce. World-classuniversities stand out from competitors. However, with equally aids fromgovernment, commercial aids may certainly be diminished, and competition seemsunnecessary, since world-class ones get equally treatment with the others andless financial support for outside is provided for the former ones to develop.

It is certainly the responsibility ofgovernment to ensure every qualified student had equally chance to get highereducation. But free charge for everyone seems not to be the most efficiencyway. Other methods can be taken to reach the same goal. Some types of need- andnon-need-based aid consisting of grants, loans, work-study programs, tuition waivers,and scholarships. They can not only help students in their financial difficultiesbut also benefit them in ability improvement. Partly free charge is also practical.Sweden education aids I referred above exclude fees for courses that typically forstudents’ individual needs such as courses outside their major field.  

In conclusion, financial aids fromgovernment are necessary, and a comprehensive mechanism should be established,to make reasonable plan for the aids. But proper aids from government are far fromenough to resolve problems in education equality. Both universities and societyshould participate in.

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